Appliance for indoor games of golf



Oct. 22. 1929f J. BROWN ET AL APPLIANCE FOR INDOOR GAMES 0F GOLF Filed June sa, y1927 -AF, L E J /WE @j |I 'IIIIIII ffl,

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ASSIGNOR T SAID GLASS y mannen roam-Doon' esmas or @ons Application iled Iune 9, 1927, Serial No 197,743, and in Great Britain December, 1926.

Our linvention relates to an appliance for indoorV ame of lf, which for the time being weA pre er to deslgnate Q-golf because players'maynse cues as well as clubs, whereby any 5 green-11i@ any part of the country can be repor held together by bolts or other suitable locking devices. The base of the table may have a permanent'coverin of rough feltV or other suitable material xed thereto. A

5 ledging or skirting is set round the edge of the' table, and heldin position .by suitable bolts, thumb-screws or such like. The base of the table which constitutes the putting green islformed by the provision of suitable 2U borings of appropriate circumferenceon the g top or plain slde of the table or leaves forming the table, and suitable preferably adj ustab e legs are provided on the underside of the table or leaves of which the table' is made up. If the base of the table is of thin wood or papier-mch or othersuitablematerial l a block. of wo'od or suchflike bored in the` center is fixed at back of each hole to provide thedepthgandbottom for the hole.

,'Suitablejbourses are also'provided land are as a rough' kind of plush, preferably green in colour and fashioned to resemble grass as near-'as possible, theedges of which are held down by the skirting or ledging and bclts 'hereinbefore referred to. Y

In the' body of the rough cloth there are putting green holes which correspond with vthe borings in the table, throughout the en.

'I 4c tire `course suitably adjustable representay `tions of small hillocks, bunkers and such like are provided. These also may be permanent-l ly attached to the rough cloth, some o n either side, and appropriate plugs are provided for 4with `the exception of the hole orholes in play7 for the time being.

'lhe adjustable hillocks and obstructions may be attached to the top of the several hole caps or plugs which fill up and conceal"- the putting green holes, oneor more of which will, of course, be removed when the hole or holes plugged is or are in play. When a hole y has been played, the plug-hole cap (with or without a particular obstruction) will be replaced in the hole, and the plug-hole cap with lany obstruction relating thereto removed from the next hole it is ired to play, and

SO On.

"Clubs similar in shape to ordinary golff clubs, but somewhat smaller and shorter and with the stems practically on a level with the head of the club are used, while cues ma also be provided similar to ordinary billiardycues, alt ough'slightly more slender.

The balls are about l in diameter and are marked similar to ordinary golf balls and are `made of any suitable material. Appropriate tees may be used.

- `ln order that our invention may be properly-understood and readily carried into cffect, We have hereunto appended one sheet of drawings, of which Figure 1` is a plan of the appliance illustra-ting our invention.

Figure 2 is a side view of Fi ure 1. Figure 3 is a cross section o Figure l.

Figure 4 is an enlarged sectional view of part` of the appliance showing ball.

Figure 5 shows a method of attaching the sections together. K

' Figure 6 is an end view of Figure 5.

Figures 7 and 8 are respectively side elevation and plan of one club.

Referring to the drawings, A are the sections of which the table or course is made up and, as shown, two sections are hinged tol gether by the hinges B and these sections are connected together b suitable catches C. The base of the table is, in this case, made ofl thin material so that the putting holes H are increased in depth by the addition of the hollowed blocks O glued or otherwise attached on the underside of the base, but, of course, as previously explained, when the base of the table is of material of suiicient thickness to provide for the proper depth of putting holes, the addition of the blocks is quite unnecessary. c The legs D of the table may be of any suitable design andA are so. attached to the body of the table as to be readily detachable when desired. J is the layer of felt or such likewhich is suitably fixed to the base of the table.

The table is covered over with a layer of rough plush K or such like, preferably green t0 as far as possiblehave the appearance of a real course. The plush K is held in situ by the skirting or ledging E pressinghard on the top of the edge of the plush K which may be strengthened round the edge by leather, c tape, or other suitable material, the skirting or ledgin being retained in position and securing a. rm hold on the plush K by the bolts F and thumb-screws G. Holes H are provided in the plush K to correspond with the y holes in the table. The loose plugs I- are preferably of colour to suit the colour of the course, one being in each hole H with the eX- ception of that for which the golfer is playglhe obstacles L are of any formation and may be laced in an part of the green and maybe turesor ot erwise, as desired.

The ball M is of such a size as to readily slip into the hole H, and N is one ofthe clubs .Y shaft or stem,

which, as will be observed, has the club head practically on the same level or angle as the similarly made.

a skirting extending around the sides of the table top and detachably bolted at spaced points to each member of each pair of sections so that the top is efectually braced and strengthened by said skirting. 2. A table for indoor golf as claimed in claim 1, including a cover on the top and in which the skirting or ledging is provided on the inner side with a flange which overhangs and bears on the edge portion of said cover.

In witness whereof we aix our signatures.

JAMES BROWN. JOHN MUNRO GLASS.

all the different clubs being In use the drive must be madelfrom a point l indicated from one of the four sides of the table or course andthe player must have driven the ball' against the ledge of the course opposite the driving point before he or she can proceed to play the ball towards the hole y for the time being played. After the drive would be most useful on board ship, in clubs,

has been made, the player ma use any of the clubs for the continuance o the play and, when the putting green has been reached, the player may cue the ball.

The above appliance, it Will be obvious, 

